Thread protector and cutter.



M. C. TEMPLE.

THREAD PROTECTOR AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1911.

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MABEL C. TEMPLE, 0F HOPKINTON SPRINGS, MASSACHUSETTS.

THREAD PROTECTOR AND CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912. Serial No. 647,818.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MABEL C. TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hopkinton Springs, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inThread Protectors and Cutters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in thread protectors and cutters,and an object thereof is to provide a box wherein a spool or ball ofthread may be inclosed, which box has an opening in one side thereofthrough which the thread is adapted to be drawn when used.

Another object thereof is to provide a substantially dust proof box, thethread opening thereof being normally closed by a de pending plate, andalso to provide a thread cutter which is normally protected by a shield,the cutter being connected to the depending thread opening protectingplate, and by action of the thread on the plate, the cutter is projectedthrough the front of the shield.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to behad to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a front elevation of the inven tion. Fig. 2 is afront elevation with the shield removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the protecting plate and the cutter.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figuresof the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like referencecharacters.

Referring to the drawings, at 1 is indicated a box provided with aremovable pin 2 and a thread opening 3, said box being normally closedby a cover 4:. A spool of thread may be placed on the pin 2 or the pinmay be removed should it be desired to use a thread ball in the box, andthe thread is adapted to be drawn through the opening 3 as it is usedfor knitting, sewing, or otherwise.

As stated above, an object of the invention is to provide a practicallydust proof box, and to obtain this result, a depending protecting plate5 is provided, said plate being rigidly carried by the pivot member 6which latter is supported on the box by any suitable-means, as the ears6. The pro tecting plate is of an elongated form and extends below thethread opening a suitable distance for a purpose which will hereinafterappear.

7 A thread cutter 7 is rigidly carried by the pivot member 6 and has anoutwardly curved portion 8, said cutter being normally housed in theshield 9. The curved portion 8 of the cutter is adapted to be projectedthrough a slot 10 of the shield when cutting the thread. The protectingplate 5 has its lower or free terminal portion flared or broadened andits lower edge provided with a groove in which the thread operates, thelatter being guided by the flared extensions 5.

When withdrawing the thread from the box, a pull is exerted on the lowerflared portion of the protecting plate thereby forcing the sameoutwardly until it strikes the lower edge of the shield, in whichposition, the cutter is projected sufliciently for the thread to becaught thereover in cutting the same. The length of the shield is suchthat there is a suitable distance from the lower end thereof tothecutter, thus leaving the end of the thread projecting a suitabledistance below the protecting plate so that it can be convenientlycaught again.

The shield 9 is closed at the top and sides while at the bottom it isopen to allow proper movement of the protecting plate, as abovedescribed.

It will be noted that the thread will be impinged by the protector plateas the same drops by gravity, closing onto the side of the box andthereby keeping the same convenient for use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A box for protecting thread having an opening in the side thereof, aplate movably mounted and normally adapted to close said opening, and acutter operable by the plate, for the purpose described.

2. A box for protecting thread having an opening in the side thereof, aplate pivoted to the side of the box, and adapted to normally close saidopening, a cutter operable by the plate, and a shield normally housingthe cutter and having a slot therein through which said cutter isprojected to an operative position.

3. A box for protecting thread having an opening in the side thereof, anelongated plate pivoted at one end to the box above said opening and thelower end having flared extensions, said plate being adapted to normallyclose said opening, a cutter mounted for movement with said plate andhaving a curved portion, and a shield normally housing said plate andcutter and having a slot therein through which said cutter is projectedto an operative position.

4. In combination, a box r'or protecting thread provided with a threadopening therein, a movable plate normally closing said opening, a cuttermounted on the boX, a shield normally housing said cutter, and meansconnecting the cutter with the plate whereby, on movement of the latter,the cutter will be projected from its shield into an operative position.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MABEL C. TEMPLE.

WVitnesses:

SALOME F. SPRAGUE, ABBIE A. GIBBS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. G.

